Hey Guys and Girls!

I have a question, which I have asked a few people about in the real world, and received mixed responses to.

Currently I am cutting, I'm eating around 2400 - 2500 CAL per day. My cardio workouts consist of riding to work and home each day. Its 13KM there and 13Km home, takes about 40 minutes each way. I am doing this monday through to friday. I make sure it is a good workout, by pedaling consistantly till I reach my destination, I am not a lazy rider that coasts halfway to work.

My weight training, Is on Monday Wednesday and Friday when I get home from riding to work.

On Fridays I train my legs, which is where my concern is. As the cycling does take quite a toll on my legs (its a fairly hilly ride both ways) Im somewhat concerned about over training my legs by the time it gets to fridays work out.

As I said earlier, I have had mixed responses on the topic. Basically I just want the best results possible for the effort I'm putting in so I thought it would be wise to discuss it here. The responses I have received are below.

A) Your doing too much cardio, Just ride to work 4 days per week, Drive on friday and then go to the gym and do your leg workout.

B) Ride to work 4 days per week, Drive on friday, and go for a ride on saturday to subsitute not riding to work on friday (effectivly moving my friday cardio workout to saturday)

C) Your fine riding to work all week and then training your legs friday night, continue exactly as is.

Basically I'm just looking for some straight info, maybe from some fellow cyclists on the boards here etc. Do you think I am overworking my legs by doing 2 cycling sessions per day monday to friday and then training my legs on a friday night.

Am I doing too much cardio?

Im just a bit confused, having had mixed responses. Given the large amount of effort that I'm putting in, including diet, weights and cardio. I want the best results possible, I dont want to be wasting any time or slowing the results I should be seeing down by overtraining.

Whats your opinion?

-Josh

Basically I'm just looking for some straight info, maybe from some fellow cyclists on the boards here etc. Do you think I am overworking my legs by doing 2 cycling sessions per day monday to friday and then training my legs on a friday night.

I don't know if it's too much cardio. It depends on a lot of things.

Hey wh0 are you gonna weigh in here?

Sorry, dont really understand the last part of your post....

Sorry, dont really understand the last part of your post....

If the resident cycling expert wh0areume shows up it will become clear to you.

Hard to say. Riding to work one day a week would be too much for me. But for you? I don't know. What are your stats? Goals? What does your pro/carb/fat breakdown look like?

It's partially a preference issue too. Some people really enjoy riding, and can certainly build a nice physique while riding 5 days a week. If it bothers you that much, just do the leg workouts on Saturday or Sunday.

Make sure you're eating enough to support that much cardio too, of course.

Hey 1FastGTX, My stats are as follows. 19 years old, 6ft2in, ~96KG, estimated between 22- 25% bf (havent measured, but I have a mate thats a PT and this is what he estimated)

As for my goals, its a bit of a life long journey, at the moment I'm aiming for 93kg, just being realistic and taking it one step at a time. Ideally though id like to reach around 12%bodyfat, and then do a bulk up. Id like to eventually hit 90KG at 12%, after several bulks/cuts etc.

I guess in the more immediate future my goal would be to hit around the 88KG mark. But im definatly in it for the long term and would like to build a nice solid athletic physique.

My diet is as follows, sorry for the big image

http://www.adam.com.au/dmci0568/diet.JPG

Macro-Nutrient Breakdown is as follows.

PROTEIN: 39% | CARBS: 40% | FATS: 21%

Im not really worried about it, because I feel capable of riding and training. My legs feel hammered from DOMS on saturday and sunday, but on the friday I seem to be able to work through it, just liike any other normal day of training.

Thanks for all the help so far people!

Just a quick update (if this info helps)

Following this diet (with one cheat meal) and my cardio and gym session exactly as listed I lost 1.1KG last week, which is equal to 2.42 imperial pounds.

-Josh

If the resident cycling expert wh0areume shows up it will become clear to you.

Good one. Funny in many apparent (and some not so apparent) ways.

If I were you, I'd drive to work on Fridays, do legs, and make up for the missed ride some other way. I commute by bike (14-miles each way) to work 3x per week (most weeks) and could not imagine being able to pedal home after a vigorous leg workout.

Last week, when I lost the 1KG, I only did my the 4 cardio sessions and drove to work on the friday, because it was my legs day, it was also bucketing down with rain.

On the weekend it continued to rain till early monday morning, So I didnt get a chance to make up my fifth cardio session and I still lost 1KG with my cheat meal.

So for now I'd say its safe to go with 4 Cardio Sessions per week, and drive to work on my legs day.

Any further opinions on this?

-Josh

I personally either plan leg day as a day off for cardio or a shorter LISS session. However, I always do cardio the day after leg day. I go hard on leg day and the cardio the next day helps my recovery.

I personally either plan leg day as a day off for cardio or a shorter LISS session. However, I always do cardio the day after leg day. I go hard on leg day and the cardio the next day helps my recovery.

I have had much the same experiance, in regards to cardio the day after. I think for now 4 Days will suffice, and if I can fit a leasure ride in on a saturday, then i'll go. Doesnt seem to be required and beneficial to my results at the moment though. I'll watch my stats over the next couple of weeks closely and make sure everything stays on track.